Just a forest people live in

How funny, seems everyone's process in choosing Kingwood mirrors ours. We moved here in 2010. I came from NY, my wife from Costa Rica. Houston is a 3:30 flight to see family in NY, and 3:40 to see family in Costa Rica. We're right halfway between the two. Houston was warm, it was affordable and since I worked for a local airline, I could be based here and work here at Bush. It was perfect. There are two "pilot ghetto's" (as we jokingly called them) in the Houston area - Kingwood and The Woodlands. We went to look at The Woodlands first. I knew within 5 minutes that it was WAY too busy for me. Too much traffic, too much "keeping up with the Joneses" for my taste. Also, I had no real appetite for dealing with the daily gridlock on 45 every day. The amenities are nicer in The Woodlands, but I wasn't willing to pay the price of dealing with the traffic every day. Plus, at the time I figured equivalent housing in The Woodlands was roughly 30% - 40% higher than in Kingwood. The next day we came to Kingwood and we were sold within the first 30 minutes. It's probably the best decision we've made. We're very happy here. It's quiet. The traffic is much less than in The Woodlands. We've had two houses here, both of which we like(d) very much. The trails system is wonderful. If we had to do it all over again we certainly would wind up in Kingwood again.

TEXASGIRLMAMMA : I would rather deal with traffic around here than the Woodlands. Plus, has anyone drove there at night ? They do not have many street lights around some neighborhoods. I have trouble seeing at night and then tinted window, bad combo.